Bulletin ...
Bulletin ...

Author: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13:

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Captain Gill’s Walking Stick
Captain Gill’s Walking Stick

Author: Saul Kelly

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1786736152

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At an auction in Edinburgh in 2010, the sale of an old walking stick belonging to a British officer, Captain Gill, shed new light on one of the mysterious crimes of the Victorian era. Captain William Gill and his companions, the noted Arabist Professor Edward Palmer of Cambridge University and a young naval lieutenant, Harold Charrington, were killed in an ambush by Bedouin in the Sinai Desert in 1883. The trio had been tasked with informal diplomacy in the region, specifically to prevent the Arab sheikhs from joining the Egyptian rebels and to secure their non-interference with the Suez Canal. The gruesome murders shocked late-Victorian Britain, and led to pressure from the Queen, Parliament and the Press for the British government to launch a manhunt for the killers in a vast desert area with mountainous terrain. This book traces the story behind the murder of the three men, uncovering the reason for their journey to the desert, the story of the murder itself and the backlash home in England. It shines light on a fascinating, forgotten crime, as well as on early intelligence operations in the Middle East.

The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East
The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East

Author: John Joseph

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9004320059

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This is a revised edition of the author's The Nestorians and Their Muslim Neighbors (Princeton University Press, 1961). Early in the nineteenth century, the Aramaic-speaking "Nestorian" Christians received special attention when American Protestant missions decided to educate and reform them to help meet the challenge that Islam presented to the growing missionary movements. When archaeologist Layard further publicized the historic minority as "Assyrians", the name acquired a new connotation when other forces at work in the region - religious, nationalistic, imperialistic - entangled these modern Assyrians in vagaries and manipulations in which they were outnumbered and outclassed. The study examines Western Christendom's current position on Islam, with emphasis on the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches. The revision draws on a wide variety of sources not used in the original.

Gladstone's Foreign Policy
Gladstone's Foreign Policy

Author: Paul Knaplund

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780714614908

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First Published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte
Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte

Author: David Jeffreys

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1315415992

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This book addresses some of the main themes of the study of Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In a combination of case studies and discursive chapters, the status of Egypt as an important example of traditional Asian scholarship, and as an ancient model of imperialism itself, is examined. Contributions range from studies of nineteenth century antiquarianism, and the collecting of Egyptian antiquities as an extension of the territorial ambitions and rivalries of the European powers, to explorations of how Egypt is understood and interpreted in contemporary societies. Views of Ancient Egypt also considers the way in which Ancient Egypt has been adopted by less privileged members of some societies as a cultural icon of past greatness.